SAC Workshop

Blog, Wikis and PodcastsIntroduction

Carol WalkereLearning Advisor (Learning Technology)

JISC Regional Support CentreScotland North & East

www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk

Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East

Vlogs

RSS Reader

Blogs

Blogger

RSS

What’s it all about?

Syndication

Blogosphere

Wikis

1995

Way back when…

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Web 2.0 – The next phase



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A content publishing system where entries

are made over time. The most recent entry

is at the top of the page. Similar in style to

a journal.

define:keyword

e.g. define:blog

TIP

In Google

What is a blog?



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JISC infoNet – Social Software

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/social-software



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Educause - 7 things you should know about…

http://www.educause.edu/7495

Anatomy of a Blog



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Blog Title

One entry – most recent at top

Date stampedEach entry has short, concise title

Can contain multimedia – images, video and audio

Content – can link to other resources with hyperlinksComments

from your blog readers

Readers can subscribe to your blog to get automatic updates



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What’s out there?

• Video Blog or Vlog• Photoblog• Podcast*• …

• Personal• Travel• Political• Education• …

By Media Type

By Genre

* Doesn’t necessarily have to be a blog though



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Communities Computing Construction Fire and Rescue Service Media Studies Employability Access to Life and Leisure

Duncan Gillespie & Robert Brown(Dumfries & Galloway College)

“Supporting the development of e-Portfolios has moved on

significantly since involvement in the ISLE project. By using Web

2.0 technologies in a structured and simple way, we have

developed staff and student skills, which will equip them for the

future and add real value to the educational experience.”

Template for ePortfolio



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Intute: health & life sciences blog

http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/blog/



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Is it Complicated?

No!All you do is fill in a form…

…no programming skills required



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Why use a blog?

A reflective diary

A place to organise your thoughts

A collaborative space

A mechanism for sharing experiences

A means of gaining feedback

Your space on the web

…



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Where do you find blogs?

Technoratihttp://www.technorati.com

Googlehttp://blogsearch.google.com



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Subscribing to a blog

RSS Readers – lots of options– Web-based – Bloglines, Google Reader

Analogy: subscribing to an

rss feed can be likened to

taking out a magazine

subscription

TIP



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FREQUENCY

Daily?

Weekly?

Monthly?

IDENTITY

Anonymous? First Name? Full Name? Alias?

VISIBILITY

Private?

Public?

Some Things to Consider…

1. What is the purpose of your blog?

2. What about frequency, identitiy, visibility…



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Blogs – Hands on

• Click on the “blogs” link• Have a look at some of the examples• Search for some blogs on the topic of your

choice using one of the blog search engines

• Setting up a blog

Part 1

Part 2

http://cawa.jottit.com



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Setting up a blog

blogger.com wordpress.com



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Discussion - Uses



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JISC Legal Information Service

http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk

JISC Legal is a free information service offering high

quality legal information to further and higher education

relating to the use of information and communications

technologies. We run training events, provide

publications, and offer an enquiry service.

Legal Implications – Help



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Legal Implications

“Basically for colleges and universities

the data protection and other legal

issues remain the same for an

institution when using blogs, wiki's,

podcasts etc as for other media.”

“It is up to universities and colleges to

manage the risk as they have to do

with other means of communication.

Therefore for example Data Protection,

AUPs, Copyright Policies, Staff

contracts/policies/handbooks etc all

have to be updated to ensure that it is

understood that these 'new' media are

included.”Source: JISC Legal



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Source: JISC Legal

Legal guide from Stanford University at http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/Resources/podcasting.htm

Universities Legal Briefings athttp://www.pinsentmasons.com/media/484810274.htmThe relevant section is the Human Resources section - piece titled 'Blog off! - tackling the risks of blogging‘

For a look at what UK universities are doing see the followingguidelines for students at :

Warwick Universityhttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/its/elab/services/webtools/blogs/terms/

University of Sunderland http://myblogs.sunderland.ac.uk/blogs/myblogs/acceptable_use_of_blogs/

Legal Implications – Help



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Wiki is defined as: “A type of web page designed so that its content can be edited by anyone who accesses it, using a simplified mark-up language.”

Wikis – An Overview



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Wiki examples

• Wikipedia– http://en.wikipedia.org

• Wiki selection tool– http://www.wikimatrix.org

• Set up a free wiki– PB Wiki http://www.pbwiki.com

• Example http://jiscrsc.pbwiki.com password: blogs3

– Wet Paint http://www.wetpaint.com



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Wiki pros and cons?

• No programming skills required• Easy to update• One version of docs• …

• Vandalism• Edit Wars• Ideas can become skewed over time• …

Pros

Cons



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Discussion - Uses

Introduction to Podcasting

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LISTEN

SEARCH

SUBSCRIBE

CREATE

Podcasting



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BBC News report on podcasting



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What is Podcasting?

• definition– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting

“Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files, such as

audio or video programs, over the Internet using syndication feeds,

for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.”



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How do I listen to podcasts?

• Listen to them online• Download them to

play– on your computer– on a portable device

such as• MP3 player, like an

iPod or iRiver• Some mobile phones• PDA



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Portable audio and video devices



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PDAs and Mobile Phones



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Where do you find podcasts?

• Lots of different podcast search engines– iTunes– Podcast Alley– Yahoo Podcasts– Podcast.net



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iTunes U



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iTunes U – Open University



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What makes a podcast different from anordinary digital audio file?

• Subscription



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Aggregators

• Lots of different versions

– Juice (formerly iPodder)

– Bloglines – A web-based aggregator

– iTunes



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Setting up a Podcast

• Audacity to record audio

• Good quality microphone

• Somewhere to host it– Use a blog

• Free edublogs account• Free blogger account



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Possible uses…

• Pre Class - with key questions and news

• Post Class – summary, key points, top tips

• Interview subject experts

• Get the learner to interview peers

• Study skills

• Library inductions



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Some things to think about

• Know your audience

• How will they listen, when and where?

• Scripted or ad-libbed

• Pace – fast or slow

• Length – short or long

• Frequency – daily, weekly or monthly

IMPALA have a useful podcast framework

TIP



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Impala - Informal Mobile Podcasting And Learning Adaptation

Decision making framework:

http://www.impala.ac.uk/outputs/resources.html



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What are the benefits?

• Anytime, anywhere learning

• Portable

• Different learning styles

• Can be played over again

• Technology investment to createrelatively low



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Discussion - Uses



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Social Bookmarking

delicious.com

• One place for bookmarks• Access from any machine

or mobile device• See popular websites• Search through popular tags• Share links



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Tagging and Tags

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Discussion - Uses



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